I am now finally back in Perth - I apologize now for the lack of communication while I was in South Africa. My internet access was extremely limited, and our schedule was insane. I think I need a holiday now to recover from it!! For all the people who were worried about the xenophobic attacks and begging me to return back to Australia, I am fine. The attacks were mainly on black foreigners in the townships. It was very scary, because we didn't know how far it wo...

this is just a very quick update, because my internet access is very limited. Will update when I can. but just want to let everyone know that I am fine, the xenophobic attacks are very scary, but there has been no attacks on white foreigners yet. We are involved with collections at the refugee camps, thousands of people are without homes. It is scary, but we are being very careful. Thanks for all the emails to check if I'm ok,. and sorry for not replying, just ha...

Hi everyone, there seems to be some confusion as to whether of not I'm still alive, so here is the latest journal entry . . . ! My email access is very limited, so that is why I have been so quiet. Also been very busy with the Think B4 U Drink Roadshow, which is happening with over 100000 kids here and all our other programs. Annie has a vocal chord, throat and tonsil infection and has totally lost her voice, so I have also been doing all her public speaking. I'...

I am now settled back in South Africa, and again, it's been an interesting few days. I arrived back on Friday, after my third consecutive day of traveling, including a ten hour layover in Kuala Lumpur and a fourteen hour flight to Cape Town. I'm probably the world's worst flyer, I hate it with a passion, so didn't get a lot of sleep. By the time I arrived in Cape Town I was absolutely exhausted! Annie, Aunty Gunny and Uncle Phillip came to collect me from the ai...

I'm now back in Kuala Lumpur and waiting to catch the plane to South Africa - I have a twelve hour layover here. On Sunday we headed to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Once again, we didn't have the best journey - our seats were right at the back of the bus, which meant they didn't recline, and we had the biggest Asian men we'd ever seen (who clearly hadn't showered in a week) sitting right in front of us. Naomi and I nearly had our legs amputated a few times!! On...